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dunno about anyone else, but I really like the look of this, Zaphods second head (which is a huge budget saving cheat) nonewithstanding. Still, the savings on the head look to have been put to excellent use in other places.
I particularly like the Magrathea factory floor. Quite an Excellent shot. Oh, the Vogons rock too.
dunno about anyone else, but I really like the look of this, Zaphods second head (which is a huge budget saving cheat) nonewithstanding. Still, the savings on the head look to have been put to excellent use in other places.
I particularly like the Magrathea factory floor. Quite an Excellent shot. Oh, the Vogons rock too.
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Pandaemonium wrote:
> And being white is mentioned where exactly? :D
Ha, that wasn't my point. I just think a black American rapper might stick out a bit in 70's middle class Guildford. Any American rapper for that matter.
And yes, the TV series was different from the book. Which was different to the original radio version. But the part of Arthur was written for Simon Jones, he's perfect for it by definition. And most of the TV cast were perfect for their roles, even down to the news anchor. Except maybe Zaphod's agent, he could probably be done better.
> And being white is mentioned where exactly? :D
Ha, that wasn't my point. I just think a black American rapper might stick out a bit in 70's middle class Guildford. Any American rapper for that matter.
And yes, the TV series was different from the book. Which was different to the original radio version. But the part of Arthur was written for Simon Jones, he's perfect for it by definition. And most of the TV cast were perfect for their roles, even down to the news anchor. Except maybe Zaphod's agent, he could probably be done better.
Blank wrote:
> Ah, it works now. I really wish it didn't. That looks God awful.
> They've Americanised the whole thing - Ford Prefect is supposed to
> have blended into society (relatively) as a middle class white man
> from Guildford, not a black guy with a suave American accent. And
> Zaphod's American and his second head's inside his body and Marvin
> and ...........GAAYAAAAHAH!!!
*Ahem*
"By a curious coincidence, None at all is exactly how much
suspicion the ape-descendant Arthur Dent had that one of his
closest friends was not descended from an ape, but was in fact
from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and not from
Guildford as he usually claimed.
Arthur Dent had never, ever suspected this.
This friend of his had first arrived on the planet some fifteen
Earth years previously, and he had worked hard to blend himself
into Earth society - with, it must be said, some success. For
instance he had spent those fifteen years pretending to be an out
of work actor, which was plausible enough.
He had made one careless blunder though, because he had skimped a
bit on his preparatory research. The information he had gathered
had led him to choose the name "Ford Prefect" as being nicely
inconspicuous.
He was not conspicuously tall, his features were striking but not
conspicuously handsome. His hair was wiry and gingerish and
brushed backwards from the temples. His skin seemed to be pulled
backwards from the nose. There was something very slightly odd
about him, but it was difficult to say what it was. Perhaps it
was that his eyes didn't blink often enough and when you talked
to him for any length of time your eyes began involuntarily to
water on his behalf. Perhaps it was that he smiled slightly too
broadly and gave people the unnerving impression that he was
about to go for their neck.
He struck most of the friends he had made on Earth as an
eccentric, but a harmless one -- an unruly boozer with some
oddish habits. For instance he would often gatecrash university
parties, get badly drunk and start making fun of any
astrophysicist he could find till he got thrown out.
Sometimes he would get seized with oddly distracted moods and
stare into the sky as if hypnotized until someone asked him what
he was doing. Then he would start guiltily for a moment, relax
and grin.
"Oh, just looking for flying saucers," he would joke and everyone
would laugh and ask him what sort of flying saucers he was
looking for.
"Green ones!" he would reply with a wicked grin, laugh wildly for
a moment and then suddenly lunge for the nearest bar and buy an
enormous round of drinks.
Evenings like this usually ended badly. Ford would get out of his
skull on whisky, huddle into a corner with some girl and explain
to her in slurred phrases that honestly the colour of the flying
saucers didn't matter that much really.
Thereafter, staggering semi-paralytic down the night streets he
would often ask passing policemen if they knew the way to
Betelgeuse. The policemen would usually say something like,
"Don't you think it's about time you went off home sir?"
"I'm trying to baby, I'm trying to," is what Ford invariably
replied on these occasions."
...
And later
""Alright," said Ford. "How would you react if I said that I'm not
from Guildford after all, but from a small planet somewhere in
the vicinity of Betelgeuse?"
Arthur shrugged in a so-so sort of way."
---------------------
And being white is mentioned where exactly? :D
I can see why they did the head the way they did. I'd rather the money be spent elsewhere, and at least it's not paper mache. :D
Stil, it is americanised, but this is different from the bbc series, which is in turn different from the book. Adams always insisted that the material shouldn't be adhered too exaclty, and seems like they've taken this one board.
*sniff* And I think Marvin looks perfect, but that's always going to be down to taste.
> Ah, it works now. I really wish it didn't. That looks God awful.
> They've Americanised the whole thing - Ford Prefect is supposed to
> have blended into society (relatively) as a middle class white man
> from Guildford, not a black guy with a suave American accent. And
> Zaphod's American and his second head's inside his body and Marvin
> and ...........GAAYAAAAHAH!!!
*Ahem*
"By a curious coincidence, None at all is exactly how much
suspicion the ape-descendant Arthur Dent had that one of his
closest friends was not descended from an ape, but was in fact
from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and not from
Guildford as he usually claimed.
Arthur Dent had never, ever suspected this.
This friend of his had first arrived on the planet some fifteen
Earth years previously, and he had worked hard to blend himself
into Earth society - with, it must be said, some success. For
instance he had spent those fifteen years pretending to be an out
of work actor, which was plausible enough.
He had made one careless blunder though, because he had skimped a
bit on his preparatory research. The information he had gathered
had led him to choose the name "Ford Prefect" as being nicely
inconspicuous.
He was not conspicuously tall, his features were striking but not
conspicuously handsome. His hair was wiry and gingerish and
brushed backwards from the temples. His skin seemed to be pulled
backwards from the nose. There was something very slightly odd
about him, but it was difficult to say what it was. Perhaps it
was that his eyes didn't blink often enough and when you talked
to him for any length of time your eyes began involuntarily to
water on his behalf. Perhaps it was that he smiled slightly too
broadly and gave people the unnerving impression that he was
about to go for their neck.
He struck most of the friends he had made on Earth as an
eccentric, but a harmless one -- an unruly boozer with some
oddish habits. For instance he would often gatecrash university
parties, get badly drunk and start making fun of any
astrophysicist he could find till he got thrown out.
Sometimes he would get seized with oddly distracted moods and
stare into the sky as if hypnotized until someone asked him what
he was doing. Then he would start guiltily for a moment, relax
and grin.
"Oh, just looking for flying saucers," he would joke and everyone
would laugh and ask him what sort of flying saucers he was
looking for.
"Green ones!" he would reply with a wicked grin, laugh wildly for
a moment and then suddenly lunge for the nearest bar and buy an
enormous round of drinks.
Evenings like this usually ended badly. Ford would get out of his
skull on whisky, huddle into a corner with some girl and explain
to her in slurred phrases that honestly the colour of the flying
saucers didn't matter that much really.
Thereafter, staggering semi-paralytic down the night streets he
would often ask passing policemen if they knew the way to
Betelgeuse. The policemen would usually say something like,
"Don't you think it's about time you went off home sir?"
"I'm trying to baby, I'm trying to," is what Ford invariably
replied on these occasions."
...
And later
""Alright," said Ford. "How would you react if I said that I'm not
from Guildford after all, but from a small planet somewhere in
the vicinity of Betelgeuse?"
Arthur shrugged in a so-so sort of way."
---------------------
And being white is mentioned where exactly? :D
I can see why they did the head the way they did. I'd rather the money be spent elsewhere, and at least it's not paper mache. :D
Stil, it is americanised, but this is different from the bbc series, which is in turn different from the book. Adams always insisted that the material shouldn't be adhered too exaclty, and seems like they've taken this one board.
*sniff* And I think Marvin looks perfect, but that's always going to be down to taste.
Ah, it works now. I really wish it didn't. That looks God awful. They've Americanised the whole thing - Ford Prefect is supposed to have blended into society (relatively) as a middle class white man from Guildford, not a black guy with a suave American accent. And Zaphod's American and his second head's inside his body and Marvin and ...........GAAYAAAAHAH!!!
pb wrote:
> Kilgore Trout wrote:
> Apparently April 29th.
>
> hmm. The same day as in the US (as in the US Trailer)?
Hmm, I'm confused. Empireonline reckons April 29th with the US release a week later, but the trailer says 'in theatres', when the Yanks usually (mis)spell it 'theaters'.
It's a conspiracy.
> Kilgore Trout wrote:
> Apparently April 29th.
>
> hmm. The same day as in the US (as in the US Trailer)?
Hmm, I'm confused. Empireonline reckons April 29th with the US release a week later, but the trailer says 'in theatres', when the Yanks usually (mis)spell it 'theaters'.
It's a conspiracy.
Pandaemonium wrote:
> Failing that, install flash 7.
Just did - twice. Still all it says is
"Now Playing on Amazon.com: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Download the Flash Player."
> Failing that, install flash 7.
Just did - twice. Still all it says is
"Now Playing on Amazon.com: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Download the Flash Player."
Kilgore Trout wrote:
> Apparently April 29th.
hmm. The same day as in the US (as in the US Trailer)?
> Apparently April 29th.
hmm. The same day as in the US (as in the US Trailer)?
Blank wrote:
> Where's the video on that page?
Press the play button? Failing that, install flash 7.
> Where's the video on that page?
Press the play button? Failing that, install flash 7.
Where's the video on that page?
Excuse me: I've just come.
Apparently April 29th.
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